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Friday, February 19, 2010

International meet on climate change begins today

KOTTAYAM: A four-day international conference on climate change and developing countries will begin here on Friday. The main thrust of the conference, being organised by the Centre for Environment Education and Technology (CEET) Kottayam, School of Environmental Sciences, MG University, and Centre for Rural Management (CRM), will be post-Copenhagen issues, climate change in the atmosphere, ocean and rainfall patterns, according to C.T. Arvind Kumar of CEET.

The conference will be inaugurated by Rajan Gurukkal, Vice-Chancellor, MG University. M.K. Prasad, president, CEET, will chair the inaugural session. Michael R. Hoffman, California Institute of Technology, will release the conference proceedings. Benny Pieser, John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, will deliver the keynote address. According to Mr. Arvind Kumar, nearly 100 articles will be presented during the deliberations in which nearly 30 international experts and 100 delegates from the country would participate. The three plenary talks scheduled during the conference would be given by T. Jayaram (TISS, Bombay), James Jacob (director Rubber research Institute of India, Kottayam) and Benny Pieser, U.K.

Source: The Hindu, Dated: 19.02.2010

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